Hi, I am having the same problem that particular step has been running 96+ hours for me so far. I was curious if you got past the problem? My Platform is simlar to yours: make -v GNU Make 3.80 Platform: powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 GCC version: 3.3.2 Configure: --enable-threads=aix --disable-nls Make: bootstrap-lean R.